gwine
/ˈɡwaɪn/
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uncommon/ˈɡaɪn/
gwine is the present participle of go.
Meaning of go
Verb
go (third-person singular simple present goes, present participle going, simple past went or (obsolete) yode or (nonstandard) goed, past participle gone or (nonstandard) went)
- To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as people or cars, or intangible things such as moods or information.)
- Why don’t you go with us?
- To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's mind or knowledge of the historical record). (See also go back.)
- Yesterday was the second-wettest day on record; you have to go all the way back to 1896 to find a day when more rain fell.
- To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc.).
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- To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion).
- We've only gone twenty miles today.
- To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving.
- We went swimming.
- To leave; to move away.
- Please don't go!
Forms of gwine
| alternative form | gine |
|---|---|
| alternative form | gwyne |
Origin of gwine
Phonetic rendition of going; compare Gullah gwine. This particular form apparently results from the vocalic sequence in going (Early Modern English /ˈɡoː.ɪŋ/, /ˈɡoː.ɪn/) coalescing into a diphthong that was identified with reflexes of Middle English /ui̯/, which developed into /waɪ/ in some dialects; compare English traditional dialect pronunciations of point and toil as /ˈpwaɪnt/, /ˈtwaɪl/ (see twile). In other dialects, Middle English /ui̯/ instead developed into /aɪ/, resulting in the form gine; compare bile (“boil”), heist, rile.
Questions about gwine
- What is gwine the present participle of?
- Gwine is the present participle of go.
- How do you pronounce gwine?
- Gwine is pronounced /ˈɡwaɪn/.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: gwine (page history and authors); go (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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